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“Contrast increases the splendor of beauty, but it disturbs its influence; it adds to its attractiveness, but diminishes its power.”

Beauty Influence Increase Add Contrast Diminish Splendor Attractiveness

Book:pt. I. Of genral principles. pt. II. Of truth. v. 4. pt. v. Of mountain beauty

Source: pt. I. Of genral principles. pt. II. Of truth. v. 4. pt. v. Of mountain beauty

“If the contemplation, even of inanimate beauty, is so delightful; if it ravishes the senses, even when the fair form is foreign tous: What must be the effects of moral beauty? And what influence must it have, when it embellishes our own mind, and is the result of our own reflection and industry?”

Ifs Mind Form Results Beauty Moral Influence Effects Industry Morality Reflection Fairs Senses Contemplation Delightful

Author:David Hume

“Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.”

Inspirational Form Literature Beauty Grace Influence

Book:On The Aesthetic Education Of Man

Source: On The Aesthetic Education Of Man

“When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.”

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Author:Akhenaton

“If we analyze the operations of scenes of beauty upon the mind, and consider the intimate relation of the mind upon the nervous system and the whole physical economy, the action and reaction which constantly occur between bodily and mental conditions, the reinvigoration which results from such scenes is readily comprehended. . . . The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it; tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it; and thus, through the influence of the mind over the body gives the effect of refreshing rest and reinvigoration to the whole system.”

Source: Yosemite and the Mariposa grove: a preliminary report, 1865

“To be surrounded by beautiful things has much influence upon the human creature; to make beautiful things has more.”

Humans Beautiful Beauty Influence Creatures Beautiful Things

Book:Women and Economics

Source: Women and Economics

“Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.”

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Author:Nhat Hanh